By Nolan, A. M. and Welsh, E.M., Research in Veterinary Science, 1995
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The antinociceptive effect of flunixin meglumine was assessed in healthy and lame sheep by using a noxious mechanical stimulus. Sheep suffering from the chronically painful condition; footrot, have previously been shown to have lower thresholds to noxious mechanical stimuli than healthy animals. In the present study, 22 sheep suffering from footrot did not have a lower mean mechanical threshold than 25 matched healthy animals, but it was significantly greater than that recorded from eight experimental sheep (5.0 [2.5], 4.9 [2.1] and 3.0 [1.0] Newtons, respectively). Doses of 1.0 or 2.0 mg kg(-1) of flunixin meglumine had no effect on the thresholds to noxious mechanical stimulation in either experimental sheep tested over six hours, or in lame sheep tested over a period of 30 minutes. The repeated administration of flunixin to sheep suffering from footrot over a period of three days reduced their thresholds to noxious mechanical stimulation.
The antinociceptive effect of flunixin meglumine was assessed in healthy and lame sheep by using a noxious mechanical stimulus. Sheep suffering from the chronically painful condition; footrot, have previously been shown to have lower thresholds to noxious mechanical stimuli than healthy animals. In the present study, 22 sheep suffering from footrot did not have a lower mean mechanical threshold than 25 matched healthy animals, but it was significantly greater than that recorded from eight experimental sheep (5.0 [2.5], 4.9 [2.1] and 3.0 [1.0] Newtons, respectively). Doses of 1.0 or 2.0 mg kg(-1) of flunixin meglumine had no effect on the thresholds to noxious mechanical stimulation in either experimental sheep tested over six hours, or in lame sheep tested over a period of 30 minutes. The repeated administration of flunixin to sheep suffering from footrot over a period of three days reduced their thresholds to noxious mechanical stimulation.
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